Gate.



No. 664,612. Patented bec. 25, |900..

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G A T E (Application led Jan. 13, 1900.)

(No Nudel.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL W. AYLWORTH, OF SOUTH HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IE-atent No. 664,612, datedDecember 25, 1900.

Application filed January 13, 1900. Serial No. 1,293. (No model.)

To a w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I,-DANIEL W. AYLWORTH, a citizen of the 'United States,and a resident of South Haven, county of Van Buren, State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Gates,ofwhich I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fence-gates; and the objects ofthe invention are to provide astrong serviceable gate which isthoroughly braced and can be set higher or lower at pleasure toaccommodate aheavy fall of snow or the ingress or egress of small stock.

My invention consists in the detail construe tion hereinafter described,shown in the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the gate, and Fig. 2is a rear view of' the end of the gate.

In the views, 1 is the gate, with a central straining-bar 2, end bars 3,and longitudinal bars 4. These framing-timbers are braced together bymeans of metal clamping-loops 5 at the several corners and diagonalbrace-cords 6, made each of two wires twisted tightly together. Thelower corners at each extremity are braced by means of the longer wires7, which pass over the top of the central bracebar 2 and there rest'inthe slot 8 andupon the bolt 9. By twisting these wires an absolutelyrigid gate can be obtained,which will not sag in any direction. It canalso easily be tightened if it becomes loose.

It will be seen that a special device is provided to permit ofadjustment of the height of the gate from the ground, either temporaryor permanent, so as to turn large stock and allow small stock to passunder or to enable the gate to be raised for a snow-drift and in similarsituations. This device consists in the notched uprights 10 and 11adjacent to the fence-post, to which the gate is hung in the usualmanner by eyes 12 and which is not shown in the drawings. The notcheduprights are connected by means of metal hoops 13, placed obliquely inthe notches 16 and upon which the gate hangs. The inner up-v right l0 isintegral with or, as shown, bolted to the end bar 3 of the gate; but aslotJ 14 re ceives the hoops and aords them free moi tion up and downover the notches 16. Pins 15, placed over the hoops in upright 11,prevent the gate from being lifted until they are removed, and buttons17 prevent the hoops from slipping on the upright l1.

It will be readily seen that by removing the pins and turning thebuttons to release the hoops the gate can be lifted as high as desiredand lowered again without diiculty.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination with the horizontal bars and end bars of a gate, of acentral straining- 'bar higher than the end bars and slotted at itsupper extremity, and means for bracing the bars together consisting ofmetal loops passed over the gate-corners and a metal loop passed overthe crossing of the central bar and lower bar and twistedstraining-wires connecting the loop at the crossing of the central barand lower bar with the loops at each upper corner of the gate, and acontinuous twisted straining-wire connecting the loopsi at each lowercorner of the gate and passing through the slot in the upper end of thecentral bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed 'my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL W. AYLWORIH.

` Witnesses:

B. E. JULIAN, M. L. BoTToREE.

